for the older posters, you might remember me a little...I haven't been here for awhile and the reason is because I wanted to avoid everything that had to do with basketball. That's because I got injured, not any injury, but an injury that will mean i may never play competitive sports ever again. Basketball was my life, so this really sucked for me since I am barely 16
in fact, i got really depressed for a while, almost to a suicidal state--and if you practiced 3 hours on your shot everyday, and live and breathe bball like i did, there's no way to describe what it's like to have ur dreams completely shattered. so, i tried to start a new life, one without the sounds of squeaking sneakers or the swishing of nets.
but, you know what, after 4 months avoiding the sport I loved, changing the channel when the game comes on, and resorting to everything from alcohol to living life with no real purpose....I don't think that's me. I may be really unlucky, I may have worked harder than anybody I know, I may have spent half of my waking hours shooting hoops, studied better basketball videos, and I may have ran suicides, and jumped around like a kangaroo in my basement
and I may have gotten ripped off for all the hard work I put in, and all the dreams I had. But in the end I am who I am. I'm a baller.
What I'm tryign to say is, for all of you who don't think succeeding in this sport is possible, it is, because I succeeded for a while when I had the opportunity. So take the opportunity to enjoy the awesome sport of basketball, because it won't last forever. It may even be shortened, like in my case, and now I only have my memories to guide me. But I worked hard, and I'm proud of that. So practice those free throws while you can. Run those suicides. Do that Vertical Jump Bible.
And oh yeah. I do dream of a comeback.